Disability988+ Funders

Disability Grants & Funding

There are 988 UK funders offering grants for disability charities, with typical awards from £100 to £1,150,000.

UK funders have a long history of supporting disabled people and the organisations that serve them. Grants in this area cover independent living support, accessible transport, assistive technology, employment programmes, advocacy, and social inclusion. Many funders support the social model of disability — focusing on removing barriers rather than treating impairment — and look for projects led or co-designed by disabled people themselves. Learning disability, physical disability, sensory impairment, and neurodivergence each have dedicated funding streams. Large foundations like the Henry Smith Charity, Lloyds Bank Foundation, and the National Lottery Community Fund all have significant disability funding. Smaller specialist trusts may focus on specific conditions or age groups. Capital grants for accessibility improvements to buildings and public spaces are available from several funders. The emphasis across the sector is on person-centred approaches, rights-based practice, and projects that enable genuine participation and choice for disabled people.

Quick Stats

Total Funders
988
Grant Range
£100 - £1,150,000
Open to Applications
54%

Disability Funders

97 of 988 match your filters

Checked against verified programme data for 200 of 988 funders. 788 not yet verified are listed below; 103 that don't fit were excluded.

ABF The Soldiers' Charity

Matching programme: Charitable Grants to Organisations

ABF The Soldiers' Charity, also known as the Army Benevolent Fund, is the British Army's national charity established in 1944 during World War II to p...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

Action Medical Research

Matching programme: Research Training Fellowship

Action Medical Research is a dedicated charity advancing paediatric medicine through innovative research that prevents and treats childhood diseases a...

Grant Range
£100,000 - £200,000

Ataxia UK

Matching programme: Mark Dower Trust

Ataxia UK, established in 1969 by families and clinicians, is the UK's leading national charity dedicated to transforming lives affected by progressiv...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £30,000

Bank of Scotland Foundation

Matching programme: Empower

Bank of Scotland Foundation is an independent charitable foundation with a mission to combat persistent social exclusion, disadvantage, and deprivatio...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Barbara Ward Children's Foundation

Matching programme: Barbara Ward Children's Foundation Grants

The Barbara Ward Children's Foundation, established in December 2001 by Barbara Irene Ward, is a UK-registered grant-making charity dedicated to trans...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £15,000

Barnes Fund

Matching programme: Organisational Grants

The Barnes Fund is an endowed charitable grant-making trust with historic roots in Barnes, London, formalized by a pivotal 1975 trust deed, dedicated ...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Bath Disability Trust

Matching programme: Bath Disability Trust

Bath Disability Trust is a charitable fund, evolved from the Bath Association for Disabled People, dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for phys...

Grant Range
£250 - £5,000

Bedgebury Foundation Trustee Company

Matching programme: Teaching and Training (T&T)

The Bedgebury Foundation Trustee Company advances education as a transformative force to break barriers for disadvantaged children and young people, p...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd

Matching programme: Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd Grant Programme

Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd is a UK-registered charity established in 2003, dedicated to advancing the education and welfare of children a...

Grant Range
£300 - £2,500

Carlile Foundation Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Carlile Foundation Charitable Trust (via Ludlow Funding Enquiry Gateway)

The Carlile Foundation Charitable Trust advances general charitable purposes through inclusive, flexible grantmaking aligned with UK charity law, embo...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Charles Littlewood Hill Trust

Matching programme: Charles Littlewood Hill Trust Grant Programme

The Charles Littlewood Hill Trust, established in 1978 by Charles Littlewood Hill, pursues a mission of advancing diverse charitable purposes through ...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Cheshire Community Foundation Limited

Matching programme: SWEF (Young Entrepreneurs)

Cheshire Community Foundation Limited, established in 2011, is an independent regional charity serving Cheshire East, Cheshire West, and Warrington wi...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £25,000

City Bridge Foundation

Matching programme: Access to Justice Programme 2025/6 Round One

City Bridge Foundation, London’s largest independent charitable funder and historic owner of five iconic Thames bridges (Tower, London, Southwark, Mil...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £500,000

Clan Trust Limited

Matching programme: Clan Trust Scholarship

Clan Trust Limited is an independent charitable trust based in Norfolk, established in the 1960s by a local farmer who endowed it with his farm, land,...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Clare Milne Trust

Matching programme: Main Grant Programme (CICs and Not-for-Profits)

The Clare Milne Trust, founded in 1999 by Clare Milne—granddaughter of A.A. Milne, author of Winnie-the-Pooh—champions the quality of life for people ...

Grant Range
£2,500 - £30,000

Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation

Matching programme: Education grants

The Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation (CISWO), established in 1920 with charitable status since 1995, is the UK's sole national charity dedica...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Colchester Catalyst Charity

Matching programme: General Grants

Colchester Catalyst Charity, established in 1990 from the proceeds of Colchester Oaks Hospital's sale, is a local grant-maker dedicated to improving h...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

Cystic Fibrosis Trust

Matching programme: Development Award for Early Career Researchers

The Cystic Fibrosis Trust, established in 1964 by parents and clinicians, is the UK's leading charity dedicated to transforming lives affected by cyst...

Grant Range
£15,000 - £1,000,000

Dan Maskell Tennis Trust

Matching programme: Group/Club/Project Grants

The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust, established in 1997 and named after the legendary 'Voice of Wimbledon' Dan Maskell, is a UK charity dedicated to advanci...

Grant Range
Up to £1,600

Department for Education

Matching programme: Inclusive mainstream fund for schools

The Department for Education (DfE) is a UK ministerial department with a mission to elevate educational standards, safeguard children, boost social mo...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Department of Health and Social Care

Matching programme: Grant to Streamline Local Authority Adult Social Care Assessments - 2022 to 2023

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is a UK Government ministerial department, tracing its roots to the 19th-century Board of Health and f...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust

Matching programme: Travelling Fellowship

The Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust, established in 1951 via the will of Eleanor, Dowager Countess Peel, is a UK-based endowment charity rooted in...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

Elizabeth Rathbone Charity

Matching programme: Elizabeth L Rathbone Charitable Trust Grants

The Elizabeth Rathbone Charity, a family-stewarded grantmaker rooted in Merseyside's philanthropic legacy, advances welfare for disadvantaged people t...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £3,000

Eveson Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Enhance Grants programme

The Eveson Trust, formerly the Eveson Charitable Trust and converted to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in April 2022, was established under th...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £50,000

Eyup

Matching programme: Creative Minds

EyUp! is the official charity of the South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, established in its current form in 2017 (governed by a 199...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Fletchers Foundation

Matching programme: Grants for Individuals

Fletchers Foundation champions dignity, empowerment, inclusivity, and practical compassion to enable people to thrive after life-changing injuries or ...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

Forever Manchester

Matching programme: Bright Futures Fund

Forever Manchester is an independent charitable foundation dedicated to empowering grassroots community activity and building resilient neighbourhoods...

Grant Range
£500 - £1,500

Frenkel Topping Charitable Foundation

Matching programme: Individual Grant

The Frenkel Topping Charitable Foundation, established in 2015 by the Frenkel Topping Group, is the UK's only charity dedicated to supporting adults a...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Gatwick Airport Community Trust

Matching programme: Gatwick Airport Community Trust Grant Fund

Gatwick Airport Community Trust is an independent grant-making charity established in 2002 through a legally binding agreement between Gatwick Airport...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Gay and Peter Hartley's Hillards Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Main Grants Programme

Gay and Peter Hartley's Hillards Charitable Trust is a grant-making charity founded by the Hartley family, rooted in the legacy of the Hillards grocer...

Grant Range
£500 - £1,000

Generations Foundation

Matching programme: Generations Foundation Grant Programme

Generations Foundation, established in 2005 by the Finch family with trustees Bob, Rohini, and Stephen Finch, is a UK-based charity dedicated to trans...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Geoffrey Watling Charity

Matching programme: General Grant Programme

The Geoffrey Watling Charity embodies entrepreneurial generosity, local pride, and civic friendship, channeling resources to vitalize communities thro...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £30,000

Gerald Micklem Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Main Grant Programme

The Gerald Micklem Charitable Trust, established in 1988 by the will of G.H. Micklem C.B.E., is a grant-making trust dedicated to advancing public ben...

Grant Range
£8,000 - £15,000

Gibbons Family Trust

Matching programme: Youth Support Grants

The Gibbons Family Trust advances the education, training, recreation, welfare, and wellbeing of children and young people up to age 25 facing disadva...

Grant Range
Up to £2,000

Girton Town Charity

Matching programme: Grants for Individuals or Families

Girton Town Charity is a historic almshouse provider rooted in medieval philanthropy, dedicated to enabling Girton village residents to lead fulfillin...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Greaves & Withey Foundation

Matching programme: Main Grant Programme

The Greaves & Withey Foundation, formerly the Robin Greaves Foundation, is a family-led independent charity established by the Greaves and Withey fami...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £50,000

Grocers' Charity

Matching programme: Open Grants

The Grocers' Charity, the philanthropic arm of London's ancient Worshipful Company of Grocers rooted in the 14th-century Guild of Pepperers, advances ...

Grant Range
Up to £5,000

Guildford Poyle Charities

Matching programme: Grants for Individuals

Guildford Poyle Charities, established in 1628 by Henry Smith with subsequent mergers from local bequests, is a historic Guildford-based grantmaker de...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Hackney Parochial Charities

Matching programme: Hackney Parochial Charities Individual Grants

Hackney Parochial Charities, a historic charitable trust established in 1603 with the first legacy from Thomas Heron, is dedicated to relieving povert...

Grant Range
£500 - £2,500

Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland

Matching programme: 40 INVEST

Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland, established over 40 years ago and funded entirely by Lloyds Banking Group profits as one of four autonomous H...

Grant Range
£2,500 - £45,000

Hatch Enterprise

Matching programme: New Founder Grant (Launchpad)

Hatch Enterprise is a UK-registered charity founded in 2013 by Dirk Bischof to empower underrepresented entrepreneurs—particularly women (over 80% of ...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £10,000

Help for Health

Matching programme: Main Fund

Help for Health is an independent charitable trust established in 2002 through the merger of The Health Scheme and Birmingham Hospital Saturday Fund, ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £40,000

Hertfordshire Community Foundation

Matching programme: HCF Foundation Grants

Hertfordshire Community Foundation is an independent charity dedicated to channeling local philanthropy into grassroots solutions that alleviate depri...

Grant Range
£240 - £10,000

Inner Temple Scholarship Fund

Matching programme: Bar Course Scholarships

The Inner Temple Scholarship Fund, overseen by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple's Benchers, provides financial support to aspiring barrister...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £20,000

Invictus Games Foundation

Matching programme: Domestic Grants

The Invictus Games Foundation, established in 2014 by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, harnesses adaptive sport and adventurous challenges to drive p...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £20,000

Isle of Wight Foundation

Matching programme: Isle of Wight Foundation Grant

The Isle of Wight Foundation, established in 2014 by a consortium of private sector companies including Island Roads, Meridiam, and Vinci Concessions,...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £16,000

John Lyon's Charity

Matching programme: Open Programme (Main Grants Fund)

John Lyon's Charity, rooted in a 1572 Royal Charter by Harrow School founder John Lyon, advances educational and social opportunities for children and...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £35,000

Just4Children

Matching programme: Application for Support

Just4Children, a UK and Ireland charitable funder established in November 2015, is dedicated to relieving sickness and preserving the physical and men...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £50,000

Lee Charity of William Hatcliffe

Matching programme: Charities Grant Programme

The Lee Charity of William Hatcliffe, a long-established endowed charity rooted in 17th-century local stewardship, upholds a mission of relieving pove...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Legal Education Foundation

Matching programme: Emerging Justice fund

The Legal Education Foundation (LEF), established in 2013 from the sale of the College of Law, is an independent UK grantmaker with roots in 19th-cent...

Grant Range
£20,000 - £500,000

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Tips for Applying to Disability Funders

Applications for disability-focused funding must demonstrate genuine co-production with disabled people throughout your project — from design and governance to delivery and evaluation. Funders will look for evidence that disabled people hold meaningful decision-making power, not just advisory or consultative roles. Frame your work within the social model of disability, focusing on the barriers society creates rather than individual deficits. Describe how your organisation is user-led or how disabled people are represented on your board and staff team. Outcomes should be person-centred, measuring what matters to participants: increased choice, greater independence, meaningful social participation, and enhanced control over their own lives rather than purely clinical or functional metrics. Ensure your monitoring and evaluation processes are themselves accessible — explain how you gather feedback from people with communication needs, learning disabilities, or sensory impairments. If your project involves assistive technology or adaptations, show how you personalise solutions rather than applying a standard package. Avoid deficit-based language throughout your application and instead emphasise strengths, rights, and aspirations. Strong applications demonstrate an understanding that disability intersects with other forms of disadvantage and describe how you ensure your project is inclusive across the full diversity of disabled people.

Frequently Asked Questions about Disability Grants

What grants are available for disability charities in the UK?

There are 988+ UK funders offering grants for disability charities. These range from small community grants under £5,000 to large multi-year funding programmes exceeding £100,000. Use Fundermatcher to find the best match for your organisation.

How much funding can disability organisations get?

Grant amounts for disability charities vary widely depending on the funder and project. Typical grants range from £1,000 to over £100,000. Many funders offer multi-year funding for established organisations with a strong track record.

How do I apply for disability grants?

Start by identifying funders whose priorities align with your disability work. Fundermatcher matches your charity's profile against 988+ funders to find the best fit. Our AI assistant can then help you draft compelling grant applications.

How to Find the Right Disability Funders

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